diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index adb6acbd..7c2c8c24 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=591855b517fc635b9e04de1d05d5e76ada3f89f5fc76f87978d1b245b4f69225
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 8b3d0a87..44a64bdf 100644
--- a/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,18 +15,15 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(project(":sigstore-testkit"))
 }
 
-pluginBundle {
-    website = "https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java"
-    vcsUrl = "https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java.git"
-    tags = listOf("sigstore", "sign")
-}
-
 gradlePlugin {
+    website.set("https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java")
+    vcsUrl.set("https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java.git")
     plugins {
         named("dev.sigstore.sign-base") {
             displayName = "Base tasks and configurations for signing artifacts via Sigstore"
             description = "The plugin provides tasks and configurations so you can wire your own Sigstore signing. " +
                 "If you want sign everything with standard configuration, then consider dev.sigstore.sign plugin instead"
+            tags.set(listOf("sigstore", "sign"))
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/sigstore/sign/DefaultDerivedArtifactFile.kt b/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/sigstore/sign/DefaultDerivedArtifactFile.kt
index 42c8d880..0b38173f 100644
--- a/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/sigstore/sign/DefaultDerivedArtifactFile.kt
+++ b/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-base-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/sigstore/sign/DefaultDerivedArtifactFile.kt
@@ -23,12 +23,22 @@ import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.publish.internal.PublicationInternal
 import org.gradle.api.specs.Spec
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
+import org.gradle.internal.Factory
 import java.io.File
 
 internal class DefaultDerivedArtifactFile(
     val task: TaskProvider<DefaultTask>,
     val fileProvider: Provider<RegularFile>,
-) : PublicationInternal.DerivedArtifact {
+) : PublicationInternal.DerivedArtifact, Factory<File> {
+
+    // Gradle expects create(): Object method as well, otherwise it throws the following error.
+    // We workaround it by adding "implements Factory<File>", so Java bytecode has a bridge method
+    //     Caused by: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: Receiver class dev.sigstore.sign.DefaultDerivedArtifactFile does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method 'abstract java.lang.Object create()' of interface org.gradle.internal.Factory.
+    //        at org.gradle.api.publish.maven.internal.artifact.DerivedMavenArtifact.getFile(DerivedMavenArtifact.java:37)
+    //        at dev.sigstore.sign.SigstoreSignExtension$sign$3.execute(SigstoreSignExtension.kt:84)
+    //        at dev.sigstore.sign.SigstoreSignExtension$sign$3.execute(SigstoreSignExtension.kt:82)
+    //        at org.gradle.internal.Actions$FilteredAction.execute(Actions.java:243)
+    //        at org.gradle.internal.ImmutableActionSet$SingletonSet.execute(ImmutableAction
     override fun create(): File =
         fileProvider.get().asFile
 
diff --git a/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 149103bf..2b5133ce 100644
--- a/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sigstore-gradle/sigstore-gradle-sign-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,17 +15,14 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(project(":sigstore-testkit"))
 }
 
-pluginBundle {
-    website = "https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java"
-    vcsUrl = "https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java.git"
-    tags = listOf("sigstore", "sign")
-}
-
 gradlePlugin {
+    website.set("https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java")
+    vcsUrl.set("https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-java.git")
     plugins {
         named("dev.sigstore.sign") {
             displayName = "Sign artifacts via Sigstore"
             description = "The plugin signs all artifacts with Sigstore and attaches signature bundles"
+            tags.set(listOf("sigstore", "sign"))
         }
     }
 }